Truth

Although we tolerate slander all too often, our Lord takes it very seriously. In fact, those who slander impenitently reveal a lack of saving faith in their hearts, and God says He will destroy them (Ps. 101:5). We commonly ...Read More

In order for us to be rightly related to God, we must know Him, and we cannot know Him if we are not concerned with the truths about Him taught in His Word. This is why believers must be concerned ...Read More

Matthew Henry writes, “Truth is a debt we owe to one another; and, if we love one another, we shall not deceive one another.” Christians must be known for their love of the truth and the trustworthiness of their speech ...Read More

There are men and women struggling with sexual sin in all of our congregations.
They want to please God and are seeking to mortify the flesh, and we
should do all that we can to help them. This means creating ...Read More

Martin Luther purportedly said, “Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.” We
cannot lie to others about the depth of our sin or the sin of others even if we
know lies will maintain “peace” between different parties. We ...Read More

Are you conscious of the intimate way in which you are connected to all
other believers? Your sins and holiness impact other Christians, for you share
an inseparable link to them (Eph. 4:15–16). One of the key motivations ...Read More

How familiar are you with the creeds and confessions that your particular church or denomination follows? While these statements of faith are always subject to the final authority of Scripture, they were written to help believers
understand what the Bible ...Read More

All of us have experienced betrayals in our lives wherein somebody did not
keep a promise or otherwise violated our trust. When God calls us to be
trusting people, He knows that many will betray us, but that does not ...Read More

It is all too easy for us to think of other people as lesser Christians than we
are because of the way they dress, what they eat and drink, how knowledgeable
they are about the finer points of theological arguments ...Read More

Standing for the truth can be difficult because it is often unpopular to stand
for what the Word of God says when the culture around us is running as fast
as it can away from the Lord’s timeless principles ...Read More

Of all the lies we might tell, the most dangerous are probably those lies
we tell ourselves to make us believe we are not really sinning. Given our
susceptibility to falling into sin, we must be extra careful to examine ...Read More

Slander and gossip pervade our culture, and thus it is very easy to break
the ninth commandment without being aware that we are actually doing
anything wrong. As those who have been called out of the darkness of sin
into ...Read More

Examine your own life: Are you tempted to embrace the thought patterns of the secular world in order to be modern and relevant in your thinking? Are you living an empty, discontent faith in monastic isolation?Read More

John Calvin comments on the supporting function of the church of God: “Is not the Church the mother of all believers? Does she not regenerate them by the word of God, educate and nourish them through their whole life, strengthen ...Read More

The times when a lie will be an instrument of righteousness will obviously not be common, and thus this principle cannot be invoked under any ordinary circumstance. The Lord requires us to tell the truth in our relationships. Think about ...Read More